The Republican journal., 1887-04-28
Maine Matters.


Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER TIE STATE
SHORT STORIES.
Dexter. Maine. farmer who lives well up
on the side OF a lofty hill and has Il fine row of
grand old elm trees near his house, has built
in one of the trees wall of boards and i'm the
warm spring nights hangs a lantern in front of
it. The result is that the brown beetles dash
themselves against the boards. where the light
attracts them and then fall to the ground. where
the farmers large flock of hens make feast of
them in the morning. He thus not only rids
his land of the beetles and the worms that
breed to eat his grass roots. but feeds his hens
at the same time and at very little expense and
trouble.
The Bucksport Clipper tells about Il certain
Captain Jim Blank, who used TO live in an
eastern Maine town. He was noted for his
generosity and his habit of always getting
drunk before storm. He was an almanac for
his neghbor> for forty years. Everybody
who wished to know what the weather would
be for the next twenty-four hours, sent a child
over to Captain Jim's, to see whether he was
sober or drunk. The Old man had very hard
time, the past winter. After the first of Jan
uary. says this NeraciOuS newspaper, Captain
Jim had so few days in which to sober off, that
he died of dclirium trenens on the 2l>t day of
Mdftn. W nen lllc sun crossed the llnc.
y bright Young teacher i'll one of the Port
land schools the other day explained to her
class that the meaning of the word "viciSsi-
tude' was change. and asked boy to give her
Il sentence in which the word was used. The
urchln promptly responded, Me mother sent
me to the grocery store for the yici>Situle of Il
five dollar bill"
The deer that was seen by the roadside sew
eral days ago PLAYING with dog, was seen
shortly afterward with a bullet hole in him,
but the bullet that killed him was probably in
tended for the dog. Accidents will happen
though. Phillips Phonosraph.
n successful crazy supper was given by the
Cniversalist society at the home of l.. p. Tot
man. ut Fairfield. Mashed potatoes We're >erv-
cd III silver cake baskets. milk in oil cans, WA
ter in Sprinker>, doughnuts in rat-trap>. cle-
CANT ca ke cut in odd shapes and put in dust
pans. Arson Advocate.
THE SLAYER OF THE GAME wARDENS
The case of Graves, the killer of the Maine
game War,lcnS. is exciting special interest be-
cause the recent act Of the legislature abolish
ing the death penalty applies. it is declared,
only to offences committed after the date
the act took effect.
A correspondent of tie Portland Advertiser
quotes from the rules of construction of the re-
vi>ed statutes as follows:
The repeal of an act does not affect any pun
ishment penalty or forfeiture incurred before
the repeal takes effect. or any suit OF proceed
ing pending at the time of the repeal for an Of
fence committed or for recovery of a penalty or
forfeiture incurred under the act repealed.
This clearly shows that Graves. if convicted
of murder in the first degree. might be hanged.
Still. the precedent Of the pardoning of Mrs.
Barrow>, under sentence of death. since the
act aboli>hing the death penalty was passed.
would probably govern the official course if
Graves is convicted.
Nevertheless. there are many who will be
sorry that the extreme penalty cannot be visit
ed on the slayer Of two officers in the discharge
of their duty. [The Boston Record.
4 HUNDRED TO THE ACRE.
On the strip of land in this village between
the railroad bridge and the upper dam. and be-
tween the railroad track and the river. locally
known As ''llead-de-Fall," there are >iXty-threc
dwellng-hou>eS. a granite shop. Il large cotton
storehouSe. two i:c-houSo>, and stables, barns,
hen-coops, and piggerieS too numerous to men
ton, and so graded from hencoop to house that
it is hard to distinguish where one ends and
the other begins. Some of the houses are
handsomely and tastefullv furnished and neat
lv kept. and the windows adorned with rare
plants and lace curtains. The >iNty-three
dwellings are Inhabited by five hundred and
eighty-tive souls, nine to each house. and an
average of six children to each family; the
number to Il house is from two to thirtl-nine.
In one small house of two rooms. about ten
feet square. and il low attic. there are two
families of nine members each. or eighteen in
ALL Wntcrvllc Mail
wHITNEYNIILE TRAGEDY.
James Anderson. Il Scotchman. lived at Whit
NEVILLE for many years. He earned II living
by keeping poultry and selling EGGS. A peace
able man. John Dillon. an lrishlnan, lived near
Anderson. April 18th Dillon sent to
Anderson to bring him some eggs. Anderson
delivered the eggs and Dillon paid for them.
There was no quarrel and no misunder>tand-
ing. As Anderson passed out of Dilion's house,
the latter quickly fired on Anderson, intlictiny
probably mortal wound in the abdomen. Dill
Ion then ran to a ledge near his house Is or %
feet above the water Ieaped in and disappeared
in the strong current. The body has not been
recovered. Both men were wowcr>. Dillon
leaves Il son and three daughters. Andersen
has no family. Dillon has been frcnzied at
times for a year or two. The men had ALWAYS
been friends Dillon died Saturday.
TWO OLD LADIES.
According to the Deer Isle Gazette Sarah
Tinker, of West fremont, who was one hun
,Ired years old Jan. ~, 1857, says her health is
as good as it was thirty years ago. For the last
eighty years she has drank tea for breakfast. /;
glass of liquor on retiring and smoked her pipe
after going to bed.
Mrs. Jane Ryder. an old lady at Orrinston
was 103 years old on the 9TH of last January
and is not yet helpless from old age She lives
with her son, Captain Ryder, who is - years
old.
IN GENERAL.
There is ii movement on foot to establish !:
National Bank in Pitt>ticld.
{. i. Littcfeld Esq, has been engaged tc
deliver the memorial day Grafton in Rocklanu
Payson Tucker has gone on Il trip to Nassau
lie is to be absent two or three weeks in qleS,
of needed rest.
Captain Charles w. Simpson. one of Thorn
aston'> retired shipmasters and a prominent
citizen, died Apr 18th aged 20 years.
Joshua Haley TarboX, aged - years. Il pros.
porous farmer of Lower Bid,lefor,l. hung him.
self in his barn the 18th inst. Despondency
was the cause.
A dinner complimentary to the Ncstor Of the
Republican party Of Maine. Hon. Hannibal
Hamlm and to Hon. {. A. Boutelle. both of
Bangor. will be given by the Portland Club a,
an early day.
f. A. Jackson of Winthrop, lost a valuable
cow recently, and examination proved it to be
IA genuine case of tuberculosis. u. W. White
OF East Winthrop, reports his herd affected
with the same disease.
Gen. }. l.. Chamberlain. who has not visited
Maine for year. intends to come to Maine in
June. During the past winter he has been en-
gagged in business on Wall street in New York
as the agent of a real estate and land company
in Florida.
NcolSc W Ailcil, HIS SOH OScdT, iHet Il, ana
another young man at Jonesport Friday the
10Th. were in a doryihauling travis. In some
way Oscar caught his foot and fell on the side
of the dory throwing all three into the water.
The senior Alley and the other man were re-
scued, nearly persisted. Oscar was drowned.
His body was not recovered.
Under the pension act passed by the last Leg
islaturc relative to dependent widows, incrcas-
ing the appropriation of the State Pension de-
partment from $21 600 to $35, 900, there has
been largely increased number of applications
for aid. Since the first of January some 500
applicants have presented their claims to Pen
sion Agent Ii. NJ. Sprague.
man named HOdgkins, 20 years old, OF
Bethel, while crossing the track in sleigh Apr
18th. was struck by the Montreal express. His
sleigh was completely shattered The train
stopped and the engineer expected to find the
man dead under the cars. He was surprised
to find him alive and uninjured on the plate OF
the locomotive In front of the boiler head.
The annual meeting of the Maine Poultry
Association held in Portland recently elected
the following named officers: President. w.
q. Davis; yice-presidents, f. Dana. Jr., John
A. Lord, W. w. Harris, w. P. Atherton, F. C.
Nutter, G. j. StockwelI, Il. c. Pingree, ii. NJ.
Thurlow. Fred Atwood. C. b. Rogers; secre-
tary and treasurer, Fred Fox; directors, X. o.
Conant, +. L. o. Adams, w. S. Titon, W. W.
Harris.